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. 2019 May 3;7:100400. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2019.100400

Table 3.

Weighted descriptive statistics of children's health, by household member drug or alcohol problem: 2016 National Survey of Children's Health (NSCH).

Household member drug or alcohol problem
Yes No
Fair or poor health 3.5% 1.6% **
Activity limitation 9.1% 4.8% ***
Chronic school absence 8.1% 3.4% ***
Learning disability 12.1% 5.0% ***
ADD/ADHD 18.1% 6.5% ***
Depression 8.1% 2.1% ***
Anxiety problems 16.7% 5.0% ***
Behavioral or conduct problems 17.1% 5.3% ***
Developmental delay 7.6% 4.2% ***
Asthma 12.8% 8.0% ***
Obesity 20.0% 15.6% **
Speech or other language disorder 6.4% 4.5% ***
Any specific health condition 47.2% 25.1% ***
Number of specific health conditions 1.09 0.46 ***
N 45,744 4,468

Note: Asterisks compare children exposed to household member drug or alcohol problem and children not exposed to household member drug or alcohol problem. Ns vary across outcome variables (see Table 1). **p < .01, ***p < .001.